In this week's Computer Weekly, we take an in-depth look at HP's strategic shake-up, and ask what it means for the supplier's customers and the UK IT industry as a whole. We also discuss a major research study into why IT projects go wrong, and start our latest Buyer's Guide, about business intelligence. Download the new issue now. 

The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions. 

The Open Group IT Specialist Certification Program (the Program) is designed to validate the existence of those qualities and skills in a professional that enable the effective development, implementation, and operation of IT solutions. 

A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this. 

Read this transcript to geek out with Jim Copeland, Dan Kennedy and Marcello Pedersen, Google Apps deployment specialists, on why a "big bang" approach is earning customers accolades within their organizations. 

This 12-page Buyer’s Guide to Security aims to help CIOs and senior IT professionals decide when to rely on what is provided by infrastructure suppliers and when to turn to IT specialists. 

Check out the daily contract rates for IT security professionals in this research from Acumin and Computer Weekly. 

Cache Battery life may be more important than you think. Learn why cache battery matters to your business, the challenge of cache battery management, the consequences of a failed battery, and the value of cache battery monitoring. 

The risks attached to not having a BC or DR plan are neither small nor cheap. Every good plan employs certain technologies and methodologies to limit the disruptiveness of an outage. CDW offers storage, power and networking specialists to assist with disaster recovery needs. 

Global travel specialist STA Travel found that access to its website had slowed and that peaks in web traffic from promotional campaigns had become difficult to manage. The company turned to the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager to quickly improve the website’s performance and uptime, and provide a superior online experience for its customers. 

This book is of value to both the person who is tackling a "name search" and "name matching" problem for the first time, as well as to the experienced specialist in "identification and search" systems. 

Learn how to maximize the value of your cloud-based applications through rapid integration — without burdening specialist resources or resorting to custom programming – all while cutting costs by up to 80%. 

This success story provides insight into the current state of the mainframe and forecasts the future of these critical systems. Get advice on how to recruit the next generation of specialists and hear from one company that implemented a tool designed to simplify mainframe management.